Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the 7th National Startup Festival for students

The 7th National Student Startup Festival in 2025 was held from April 18 to 20 with many activities including: seminars on "Breakthrough solutions to promote innovative startups in higher education institutions", "Supporting innovative startups in vocational education institutions in the digital economic era", "Solutions to promote innovative entrepreneurial spirit of students from consulting, career and employment activities".

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh interacted with students at the Festival.

The festival also includes: A forum to inspire startups for students in the field of technology; a conference to summarize the “Project to Support Students in Startups by 2025”; an exhibition displaying startup projects by students. Especially the final round and awarding ceremony of the “Students with Startup Ideas VII” contest.

In particular, the 7th “Students with Startup Ideas 2025” competition received 775 startup projects from students of universities, vocational training institutions and general education institutions. After the semi-finals, the Ministry of Education and Training selected 125 excellent projects to participate in the final round of the Competition.

This year's startup ideas are high quality and diverse, focusing on solving social problems. Student projects apply new technologies such as IoT, Big Data and AI technology. Many projects have been implemented by students and have initially been successful, moving to the profitable stage, with impressive growth rates.

Regarding the “Project to support students in starting a business” (Project 1665), after 7 years of implementation, it has created strong changes in the awareness and actions of the entire education sector; the results of the Project have made an important contribution to perfecting the national startup ecosystem.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks

Speaking at the event in the jubilant atmosphere of the whole country celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emotionally shared that we are living in the historic April days in the city named after beloved Uncle Ho, where the decisive moment took place 50 years ago - when the door of the Independence Palace was knocked down by tanks, the revolutionary flag fluttered on the last rampart of the Saigon government; a historical milestone ending the great resistance war; one of the most brilliant milestones in the heroic history of the struggle to build and defend the country of our people - a country with thousands of years of civilization, a nation that loves peace, humanity and justice.

The Prime Minister affirmed that the nation's long-term resistance war leading to final victory affirmed the steadfast and indomitable truth of President Ho Chi Minh: "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom"; "We would rather sacrifice everything than lose our country or become slaves"; "The entire Vietnamese people are determined to devote all their spirit and strength, lives and property to maintain that freedom and independence."

“To gain and maintain independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, for the country to have peace, unity and stable development as today, it is the blood, sweat and tears of many generations of ancestors who have fallen, including millions of Vietnamese youth; we cherish the meaning of independence and freedom; understand the value of peace; be grateful for the heroic sacrifices of previous generations, the heroes and martyrs of the nation to reflect on ourselves and recognize our responsibilities to the nation, country, family, society and to ourselves”, the Prime Minister emphasized.

The Prime Minister said that during his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh affirmed that “Youth are the future masters of the country. The prosperity or decline, weakness or strength of the country depends largely on the youth”. From the important events of the nation’s history to each stage of the process of mobilizing, developing, building and defending the Fatherland, all have witnessed the special historical missions and important contributions of the youth.

This year's event marks the 7-year journey of implementing the Project "Supporting students to start a business until 2025"

Reviewing legendary figures and national heroes from the founding of the country, through historical periods to the present, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnamese youth always uphold the tradition of patriotism, heroic spirit, indomitability, not afraid of hardship, not afraid of sacrifice, ready to commit, enthusiastically taking the lead in all fields.

The Prime Minister also pointed out many movements of Vietnamese youth, students and pupils throughout the history of the nation, especially during the resistance wars, national construction, building and defending the Fatherland; at the same time, he reiterated the words of President Ho Chi Minh: "Youth must be the backbone of the country".

The Prime Minister said that over the years, our Party and State have always attached special importance to the role of youth; considered youth as a key factor, and are ready to entrust the pioneering mission to youth in the cause of building and developing the country with the motto "Only when the youth is strong, the nation is strong".

The Prime Minister emphasized that with all gratitude to the generations of fathers and brothers who sacrificed for the independence of the nation; with appreciation of the value of peace and freedom; with the responsibility to respond to the trust and expectations of the Party, the State and previous generations; today's youth need to continue to promote the heroic tradition of patriotism, pioneering spirit, initiative, dedication, and fighting on all fronts and in all fields to preserve, protect and develop the country!

Pointing out the national development goals set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress; and analyzing the domestic and international context, the Prime Minister outlined a number of key tasks that the entire Party, the entire political system, the entire army, and the entire people must focus on implementing so that the country not only "catches up and progresses together but also surpasses", including the need to make breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, and national digital transformation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and delegates officially launched the 8th National Startup Festival for students.

This is the 4th time attending SV.STARTUP out of 7 times organized, the Prime Minister said, through each organization he witnessed the innovations coming from the startup movement of young people, students and pupils. And what has not changed is the passion, aspiration, determination, spirit and determination shown through every gesture, look and smile of the young people at the Festival.

The Prime Minister was also pleased that after 7 years of implementing Project 1665, up to now, 100% of universities, academies, colleges, intermediate schools and 63/63 Departments of Education and Training have had plans to implement creative startups. More than 42 thousand startup projects have been born from students. The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union at all levels has organized more than 3,500 creative idea competitions, attracting nearly 480 thousand young people to participate with nearly 23 thousand startup ideas...

Many young people have started their own businesses, raised investment capital, and created jobs for themselves and others. In particular, thousands of students have continued to write very Vietnamese startup stories but with global scope with products that have changed the way we live, study, and work: from applying technology in healthcare, clean agriculture, to digital solutions in daily life.

Emphasizing that innovation and startups must have an ecosystem, and with the spirit of "speed, boldness, and no limits in startups and innovation", the Prime Minister pointed out that it is necessary to create a movement, create a trend, create motivation, and inspire innovation and startups through many different forms and policy mechanisms so that innovation and startups bring benefits to students themselves, their families, and society; from the achievements of innovation and startups, create confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, and support students to develop, contributing to the development of the country.

Believing that building a creative startup ecosystem is not a matter of a day or two but a long-term strategy, requiring fundamental solutions, comprehensive strategies, not perfectionism, not haste. Therefore, the Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to continue to perfect mechanisms and policies, especially on finance, intellectual property, combining public-private models, creating conditions and support for students to develop ideas and bring products to market; developing funds to support student startups with socialized resources; building an idea trading floor, a network of startup advisors in localities and schools.

The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Education and Training to continue coordinating with relevant ministries and sectors to develop student start-up support centers, creative spaces, incubators, and startup accelerators in schools, and to integrate startups into formal teaching; and to continue developing a project to support students in starting a new phase of their own business to ensure practicality and quality.

Higher education institutions, vocational education institutions, and general education institutions shall effectively implement policies to support startups and innovation; develop modern laboratories, support research and product testing, encourage lecturers and students to participate in applied scientific research; develop online training platforms and digital resources, add startup and innovation topics to the curriculum; connect businesses and startup investment funds, build a network of consultants and experts in the field of startups and technology; support lecturers, students, and pupils to register intellectual property and commercialize products.

“The State - Schools - Enterprises must strengthen the connection. In particular, enterprises should actively place orders, invest and accompany students, support practice, internship and commercialization of ideas; together with schools, inspire, invest and lead the young generation,” the Prime Minister noted.

Pointing out that "each movement must combine individual interests with collective interests, national and ethnic interests; harmonize the interests of the State, people, and businesses; domestic and foreign interests", the Prime Minister requested the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to continue to widely implement the "Youth Start-up" program, especially creative start-ups; focusing on developing start-up capacity focusing on 4 main priority sectors: information technology, network security, digital services; medical technology, education; environmental technology and energy; high-tech agriculture.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits the startup booth of students

For young people, pupils and students, the Prime Minister expressed his hope that with their passion, ambition, health, knowledge and capacity, they will create a breakthrough in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation in the spirit of Resolution 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo; contribute to making the private economy the most important driving force of the economy; exploit the unique potential, outstanding opportunities, and competitive advantages of each region and locality to accelerate the country, make a breakthrough, develop rapidly and sustainably; contribute to making the country reach out in international integration in the spirit of Resolution 59 of the Politburo dated January 24, 2025 on international integration in the new situation.

The Prime Minister called on each young person to identify entrepreneurship as a foundation, a tool and a career opportunity; at the same time, it is also a responsibility to society and the future of the country. Together, we will create an ecosystem, a space for entrepreneurship, a system of values ​​connecting the community - together expressing the desire to rise up, think deeply and do big, "turn nothing into something, turn difficult into easy, turn the impossible into possible".

The Prime Minister hopes and believes that with aspiration, intelligence and the right guidance, today's students and 20 million young people as "future masters of the country" will be pioneers, grasping science and technology, undertaking the historic mission of establishing Vietnam's position and stature in the digital age; making Vietnam a center of innovation in the region and the world in the era of national growth, development, prosperity, civilization and prosperity.

Minh Van

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